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A Disaster for the Gulf Coast, A Disaster for Obama

Filed under: Environment, Energy, Obama Administration, Oil SpillThe Gulf oil spill is creating negative impressions that will be durable and difficult to undo. The calamity may become a metaphor for the Obama presidency. Permalink | Ema...

Obama Needs to Come Clean on Job Offers to Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff

Filed under: Republicans, Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Ethics, White HouseRemember Obama's pledge of transparency in government? If his administration offered candidates jobs to quit their races, he needs to admit it. Permalink |&nbs...

Obama, the Thin-Skinned President

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The president is constantly complaining about what others are saying about him. He is upset at Fox News and conservative talk radio and Republicans and people carrying unflattering posters of him.

 

Republicans Should Repudiate Rand Paul’s Civil Rights Stand

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Rand Paul’s position, if not unequivocally disowned, will badly damage the GOP “brand.” Responsible voices within the party must speak out now.

 

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A Self-Reverential State of the Union Address

President Obama's State of the Union address should unnerve Democrats in Congress and throughout the country. It was one of the worst State of the Union addresses in modern times - a stunning thing for a man who won the presidency in large measure based on the power and...

The Weight Around the Democrats’ Ankles: Barack Obama

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President Obama: Channeling His Inner Agnew

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According to Politico, President Obama's back is against the wall, so he's "getting in touch with his inner [Spiro] Agnew, hitting the neo-nattering nabobs of cable and the Net." "If we could just...

Elena Kagan: No Friend of the Military

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President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court looks down on the public institution the American people most look up to: the military.

 

Barack Obama Wants the Echo Chamber to Echo Him

In response to my column last week about President Obama's complaints regarding the New Media and the "echo chamber" in Washington, I received a note from a journalist whom I respect and who posed these questions to me:
Couldn't it be that Obama genuinely wants to ratchet up the civility in our national conversation ....

Obama, Tax Increases and Debt Reduction: How GOP Can Avoid Political Trap

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President Obama is in the early stages of setting a political trap for the GOP -- one he...

Evan Bayh and the Legends of The Fall

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The resignation of Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana has sparked a debate about bipartisanship, ideology, and the institution of Congress. According to Bayh, "There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress, too much narrow ideology...

GOP Still Scarred, Growing Stronger, Aiming to Reclaim Senate

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